Democracy in the Globalizing Indian City: Engagements of Political Society and the State in Globalizing Mumbai

Liza Weinstein
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Liza Weinstein: Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy at Northeastern University, lizaw@uchicago.edu

Politics & Society, 2009, vol. 37, issue 3, 397-427

Abstract: Transformations under way in Indian cities have begun to alter the opportunities for democratic participation among the urban poor. Highlighting efforts to promote globally oriented urban developments in Mumbai, this article examines the state’s engagement with groups directly impacted by these efforts. Based on ethnographic research and interviews with key stakeholders in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), the article traces the character of such engagements over the project’s four-year planning process. It finds that the state undertook an unusually inclusive process, consulting with resident and activist groups at points throughout this period. The article posits that this novel engagement is an unintended consequence of pressures to promote rapid development and ease investor concerns. Situating this case in the recent literature on political shifts in the globalizing Indian city, it concludes that the state may be engaging more with the urban poor than many of these accounts suggest.

Keywords: Mumbai; Dharavi; urban governance; global cities; political society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/1049731509338926

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